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According to its sponsors, the The Democratic Party narrowly Have we detected a sliver of sense Green Bicycle Project is due to return held on to the 1st Congressional in the peacenik kamp? By tying a this falL Many of the bikes from the District in Texas. Some are pro ribbon around the Pentagon, they previous incarnation of the project claiming that the Republican dream have accomplished what many have were stolen or vandalized. We at the of realignment is fantasy. Perhaps yearned for. Yes, inside this gift Review oppose any trashing or van they are correct. But ideological rea wrapped Pentagon box is an anato dalism committed against Green lignment is perhaps even more mically correct Caspar Weinberger Bikes. important, and the election of a con doll. Just wind him up and hear him servative Democrat in Texas does howL nothing to dispel this, ** .'. ** We must note, however, that last April's issue of The Michigan Review ---~ It wasn't exactly The Year ofLiving was stolen and trashed by members Dangerously, but ... Delta Smegma of a number of groups, such as the Thigh fraternity used their Art Fair Progressive Student Network, the parking proceeds to throw a party Latin American Solidarity Commit- . down at State and Hill. As the eve tee, and the Green Bicycle Project. ning regressed, they set up a barricade One prominent Green Biker and on Hill Street, using their massive MSA member was seen taking stacks trash barrels. Viewing this as an of Reviews away from the Grad li infringement upon freedom of brary. He later told us that he was movement, your intrepid Review staff making sure that everybody at MSA ran the barricade. had a copy. Or six. Or ten, .... ** From the sunshine state: The news from WSVN, channel 7 Such hypocrisy s typical ofcampus Miami, tells us something about that leftists. They're all very good at ridi state's economy. On a recent trip we culing their opposition, Heaven for noticed that the NBC affiliate in bid that the opposition pokes a little question broadcast the latest price of fun at them. If anybody dares to do coke (the one with the small 'c' ), but that, well, then they should lose not the stock prices. whatever First Amendment rights With a cacaphony of fanfare the No wonder Miami Vice is the they have stolen from the oppressed Reriew officially commences its con hottest show in town. masses. test series. Seen below are two prom inent political figures, and one who is married to a former prominent polit ** ical figure. As you can plainly see, •• they all look alike. One of the three holds the additional occupation of Don't leave home without it! The lit International Terrorist Supreme. In Review has learned that during Smil The Review has learned that frisky twenty-five words or more, tell us ing Mike Gorbachev's visit to Eng adolescent heartthrob Samantha who you think the real terrorist is and land, Raisa, his wife admired a pair Smith will appear ina sitcom this why. The winner will receive a gift ::rv of Margaret Thatcher's earrings. So falL It certainly looks like Yuri's what, you say. The earrings, custom certificate at Steve's Ice Cream. favorite tourist has made it big time. designed for Thatcher by Cartier, Our keen political analysts here fore were said· to have been paid for on an see a possible Democratic vice-presi American credit card. dential nomination. Or, at least, a comedy special with Jane Fonda and * Ed Asner. More predictions taken, Gee, can't you see his credit appli- < cation? Occupation: Heir to the Czars. Income: .... ** ** State Representative Lloyd Weeks recently went fishing near the the MSA President Paul Josephson has Entries must be postmarked no mouth of the Au Sable River. He told the Regents that if he had known later than midnight September 20, caught a 22-pound, 48-inch bomb. in advance about the out-of-state tu 1985. The solon initially believed that he ition hikes of the last two years, he Michigan Review Contest No. 1 had caught a live Mighty Mouse might not have attended the Univer- P.o. Box 4435 missile, but it proved to be as dead as sity. Darn! Ann Arbor. MI 48106 ~ Governor Blanchard's tax rebate. ~:!:.~,·,"":~"fo""lCtl'Wll"J" {"i1J.<'\"" """" ' ''''''''~ '''''~''
September. 1985 page J THE 1\1ICHICi.·\ N FU:V IEW ...... - ...... "" ...... THE MICHIGAN Welcome Letters REVIEW ru \\ hume'S n Ih e ('erhor is: Y, n!r ncwspapcr IS trllll a ra~ . '\ lo \\'!\ freshman 1\ t'd,tllr'ln Class of ' 89 c hier and aimosl l'STr\(lIll' t'lsl' IS a n edllor "r PUb/i.IIIN '>l, me kind. ()nll .\ ix-ople rnake up \ 0111' ",lafr" You bCller make' up some f:Jl1c\ nt'\\ Sandra A. Collins by Seth B. Klukoff edllm,>hlps for them or they ma) soon qUll I al,o Il olin' lhat the ilHlr pe' o plc \ OU S' , .-1550ciale Publishers It was only a year ago that L too, Freshmen, i\ is important to avail palronillllgl\' call your su pporters had lhe good scn\e nOl to con tribute an\·thing to thi s issll<" Gerald Weis set foot in Ann Arbor, a somewhat yo ursel ves of all the opportunities apprehensi ve freshman , quite over that the University of Michigan offers Gerald Ford. Ru"el Kirk. Ir ying Krlstol. and James P. Frego R. Emmett T) ITt'I! whelm ed by the enormity of the you. Take time to examine the The nne tl1mg you (lid right IS print th e' Edilor-in-Chie( campus. The tranquility of late sum plethora of student organizations. anKle h\ Prof,'''''' Yal1 o \ . Nih\ . If \llU could mer. the co mfort and security of programs. social organizations, pub onh dI sc a rd the re,1 of thl' Un/('''' th is issu,' Seth B. Klukoff famil y and fri ends was quickly re lications, and cultural events on would be' ;] , uccess. placed by the multitude of returning campus. A wa lk across the Diag will You a 1'1.' ob"lousl) dre'am ing when you talk about '0131' "ar.,. rlll' amount 11 IS )If'() \l'n EXCel/IiI'£' Edi!ors students and entering freshmen, de reveaJ the vitality present at Mich i lapabk of dUln)! " 111\ l'rwh proportional to Its Steve Angelotti scending at once upon t'i previously gan. Essentially, you should try to co,\. Rl gl ll I1n" It is '<'pable of nothing. Ze w. Joseph McCollum serene ca mpus. There \Vere the usual become an acti ve participant in the (;orh;,l'I1C\ ISl lI get th t' hesl d \I\lI th umh tales of unbreakable red tape. endless life of th e uni ve rsity. As my freshman 'licking k cagani tc' ' ·Cl. Thcrl' \..; l'\ al ' l l ~ pnt" ft.Hll 111 th e i.:ou n tn wh,) I { ollr)l'(lI), LeIters F:clilor lines for regist rati on. and seemingly class arriwd a year ago. eager, though 1\ \\1I 11n 1! (IJ d r;J \, l..artU()l1\ th.lt 1\'Pl\'\t' l1t \ \ )ur Michael Burton unattainable overrides. all spun dur uncertain about th e path to follow. so \ It'\\r)(llflt. S. Kvll:..'~, :nlJ :-ULl n1d ~ hlnl fl )f' ;11 1 i ng orientation. bu t all realities that it is your tllrn to begin a new chapter hc\ \\i.lnh, ,\j-,\nlutz:" r1nthing Prod lief i OIl ;\1 a nager one must face at a large university. in you r life. Slih. · t'l \'!~ . Lik e every other incoming fres h R ('\'if'I\' M Ic had Burto n Da vid A, Vogel \Ve at The ,Hichigu ll wish man. I was a "star" in high sc hool. all you success and fortune in yo ur DcaI' fslr. Hurton: \Ve achieved the highest grades: some pursuits during th e upcoming Slafr year. I hl' 1(\\\1\ frv, hman has hl'l'OnlC a s('('()n el of liS \'aledictoriaJ1s, were involved in Best of luck' ,elllester ,,'phornorc In t11l' period of tinCt' Peter Cook a myriad of activities. and accumu ~ monlhs. \\'h,lt progress' [,per lal h 1,)1' a rahld Michael Davidson lated many an honor and award. Our th umh·sucking Rcaganitl'. Serio ml\- . I'm gl ad Karl J. Edelmann motivation, our desire to achieve, you too k the time 10 cad our las t iss ue. Your James Eridon comment, ralher am cd me during. tinals. We was onc of the reasons why we were have til'S ISt'd a l;ln(\ nl''' l'ditorstllp just fur Jeffrey Evans accepted at the university, However, ~!~ JOU. Choonhye Lee with' 6,000 new peers, each having his ...... '. ' . . Tolerantl) . ~i
page 4 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW September. 1985 ...... •...... •...... Nicaragua: o e a hy Jeffrey Evans
As the government of Anastasio ceding the election, the Sandinistas Synagogues have been burned or power they began to build their army. Somoza was overthrown in those exerted total control over the media. seized for Sandinista use - a situation Then in February 1981 the Sandi eventful days of July 1979. the world The turbos dil'inas or "divine-mobs." reminiscent of Nazi Germany 50 nistas announced that they would witnessed the end of a brutal family composed of Sandinista militants, years ago. It has been estimated that begin building a 200,000-man militia dynasty that had ruled over Nicara were used to harass and intimidate at least 120,000 Nicaraguans have 10 de fe n d ,a g a ins t " co u n t e r gua for nearly five decades. A broad potential voters for optfosition party fled their homeland into exile (some revolutionaries. " and popular coalition led militarily presidential candidate Arturo Cruz. estimates are significantly higher) and The announcement of the buildup by the Sandinista National Liberation Opposition party leaders were also a large number of citizens have taken stunned the world. A Nell' York Front (FSLN) had succeeded in subject to arbitrary arrest and im up arms against the Sandinistas. Times article correctly pointed out bringing about the historic changing prisonment for six months without Many feel that this underscores the that there was "surprisingly little of the guard after an intense struggle being officially charged or given a argument that there is discontent counter-revolutionary activity" at the and many pledges of democratic re right to appeal (all in the name of among the Nicaraguan people. time. The Sandinistas themselves. form. democracy). The armed group which began in less than a year and a half earlier, On the 20th of July, the new gov The November elections consoli 1982 has grown in strength to some admitted that there was "no clear ernment formally took power and dated the Sandinista's control over 15,000 (nearly three times as large as indication that an armed counter-re immediately expropriated all of the both the government and the mili the number of Sandinista guerrillas at volution by Somocista forces beyond former president's property and dis tary. Their grasp on the economy was the July 1979 victory) and continues our borders is going to take place and solved the dreaded National Guard strong; nearly half of Nicaragua's to grow. The Sandinista's mismana jeopardize our stability." Yet the and the Congress. Tens of thousands industry and 40 percent of its agri gement of the government, and their buildup continued and it continues of Nicaraguans gathered in the capi culture had been placed under direct refusal to uphold their promises even today - four years later. tal's central square to cheer the ar state control. The remainder of the made not so long ago, has pitted In 1983 the government instituted rival of the five-member Junta of industry and agriculture sectors are brother against brother. as men who the first draft in the nation's history. Nalional RcconSlruClion govcmmcnl kepi under a tight belt by the manip nee fought... sidc-by-side.9?)/'i.fm4 lhjli ,g~net:qledslrons. resentm.enl from ~ I S provisional capital in Leon. lIiation of monetary and labor laws. themselves fl glHing against one an among the youth of the country, and "Today we begin a new Nicara The government's policy of forced other. The ideals and promises of the thousands fled to avoid conscription. gua," junta mer )er Sergio Ramirez participation In Sandinista organiza past have been disregarded, and the The military continued to grow. said, "that all Nicaraguans made tions keeps the general population in once cherished ideas of Sandinismo From a paltry 5.000 men in 1979, possible with their blood. Today we line. Media outlets are controlled by have given way to the reality of estimates are that the ranks now bury Somozaism forever." Sandinista censorship. Even La Prensa, the only communism. "Marxism-Leninism exceed 62.000 with an additional leader and junta member Daniel Or major opposition newspaper, is cen is the scientific doctrine that guides 57,000 in reserve. It is now the largest tega told the crowd "the junta puts sored and its writers and editors are our revolution," declared Coman combat force in Central America. itself at your orders. It is you who will closely watched. dante Humberto Ortega. His position Arms shipments from the Soviet decide our future." Now Nicaragua is once again was reconfirmed by Tomas Borge, the Union began arriving in Nicaragua These statements seemed to plagued by trouble. The pledges made Minister of the Interior, who is him shortly after the militia announce underscore pledges made by the San in the past are only memories. self an admitted communist. He ment. This was still one year before dinistas - pledges to respect human Thousands of rank-and-file support stated that "you cannot be a true significant armed opposition devel rights and to hold free elections, ers have fled the country citing the revolutionary in Latin America with oped. In the last four years Nicaragua pledges of political pluralism, a Sandinista's betrayal of the ideals of out being Marxist-Leninist." has increased its forces from three mixed economy, and a non-aligned the revolution and a betrayal of their In many ways, Nicaragua is fol foreign policy. It appeared that Nica patriarch Cesar Augusto Sandino, the lowing in the footsteps of other com ragua was on the road to democracy. fervent nationalist of the 20s and 30s munist nations. The military buildup see page II It has been six years since the who was opposed to all forms of the Sandinistas have pursued since <;ollapse of Somoza, and the hopeful foreign intervention. It is from San taking power in 1979 closely parallels Jeffrey Evans IS a SenIOr majOrtl1g In early days have given way to a new dino that the Sandinistas take their the development of the massive mil Political Science and a staff writer for reality. Nicaragua has moved not name. itary establishment in Cuba. Once in the Michigan Review toward democracy but toward a new Former Deputy Defense Minister dictatorship - one closely aligned with Eden Pastora explains his reasons for r~ the Soviet Union and Cuba. leaving the· Nicaraguan government Many groups are quick to attack and taking up the fight against his this statement. They point to the former colleagues; "They isolated 1984 elections as definitive proof that themselves from what Sandinismo is the Sandinistas are the legitimate, supposed to be about. Violations of democratic government of Nicara human rights, Cuban troops in Nica gua. After all, they say, the opposition ragua, the alignment toward the So parties captured 35 of the 96 seats in viet Bloc, the moral deviations, it's a the legislature. long list." Others, however, have taken a po The Sandinistas are also openly sition quite contrary to this. Their racist and anti-semitic. Thousands of studies indicate that the election was Miskito Indians have been killed or actually a "window dressing to de imprisoned. Their villages have been ceive world opinion," and a perfect destroyed in acts of official genocide. example of the politics of commu The once sizable Nicaraguan Jewish nism.' . Throughout the months pre- community has been forced to flee as ~J.'~"'"~>~~'''~*"'''ltI''''lJ.Yf_Ik;.'IlIl'Y''''''~'''_''-''''',,1I' ''''''§' " ,.••.. ~Sl?~Sf!1.~sr;. ~ ~?? ...... Qf}g,.5 •••• llif. Mt\,H !(.3/}N .~.F;Y iF-\;\', s by William Smith e otests As each school year begins at the ment itself is a worthwhile solution. by a small but insistent group of the overt violence in the nation of South University of Michigan, the intelli Even the protestors admit that the student body, the Regents of the Africa? Perhaps: in the interests of gent student remembers certain sce political attitude of the typical UM University of Michigan decide to hope, the student should imagine narios from previous days on student of the mid-1980's is con make and immediate the complete another scenario. The Regents do not campus, wondering, perhaps, whether siderably different from that of the withdrawal of the school's corporate act upon the demands of the pro they will be repeated. Undoubtedly, 1960's. Whatever the hopeful as holdings in South Africa. Feeling testors on campus; they ignore them, one of the more vivid of the sundry sumptions of the popular media may their collective muscle, the fearless politely, as the majority of Michigan newsworthy occurrences from the be, they are nonetheless contrived. tiny band of protestors also demand students do, regarding them and their year just past would have been the The representative student of the that the Regents act as arbiters of antics as mere fantastic dramas ex dramatic protests against apartheid in .present decade does not greet protests their views; the protestors, believing pressing a colorful nostalgia for a South Africa, with their nationally- and protestors blatantly modeled their media power to be invcincible, previous generation. They maintain acclaimed demand that the Regents after the sideshows of the anti-~iet expect the Regents to require that all their holdings in South Africa, as of the University of Michigan imme nam period with unquenchable nos universities and colleges in the nation does all of academic and corporate diately and unconditionally divest of talgia for some Age of Awareness follow their example and divest. America. Remaining in South Africa, all the school's holdings in that presumably more golden than the Naturally, because of Michigan's American corporations slowly begin country. And what memories those present. At best, the modem student stature in the academic community, to not only hire black South Africans, protests bring~ Any student who even ignores "sit-ins," "love-ins," this, too, is forthcoming. After this, training them to become managers as so much as caught a glimpse of the "be-ins," and their ilk, passing groups the protestors become as jubilant as well as laborers, but begin to provide protestors cannot fail to become he or she considers much too noisy the Israelites when they felled the them with financial and educational wistful, and possibly teary, when for their size as he or she moves on walls of Jericho, and it is only a opportunities denied to them by their recalling them and their noble sacri towards the library or the classes matter of time until they achieve own government. Companies build fices. There, in the famous square which give satisfaction of a more their final demand--the complete special communities for their black before the Graduate Library, they empirical nature. At worst, these stu economic and political di'smantle workers modeled after similar com stood, nobly foregoing their finals, dents look at the tents, the hair, the men! of America's ties \vith South munities in this country. Companies their gradepoint averages, and their outrageous clothing, and the endless Africa. And what a glorious day for aid the schooling of of the children of personal hygiene to serve the cause of ly chanted slogans, and they giggle, the protestors when I-Ieaven smiles the black employees_ High wages, to liberty for the South African under wondering with pity at what appears upon their cause to the last miracle, state the obvious, arc paid without privileged. to be nothing more than a display of as all Western governments condemn question. Slowly, such incentives be A wonder to behold, this network historical naivete and a desperately South Africa by removing their pres come implemented, and as the SllC of such admirably progressive stu dramatic need for attention. ence from the country as well. cess of the black S uth Afl'ican is dents; in the clamor of their poignant Perhaps the protests of the Viet The student must continue to fol abetted by thc Amer 'in corporation, folksongs demanding "justice and nam generation were an effective low this scenario. What is its logical the government gradually realizes ocial change ~' accompanied by the technique for political , deba.t~ ,.f,lwjl}~. t?Ilchl~i onJ~al~pdlx,tb,(! S?u.tll, 1f- Jbat~p~rtheid is an archaic waste of a dulc et strumming-of guilars (no mat the war, but with the college student '~" ". ricane~ono 'mysufters ~. t~emendous resource which can only better its ter that they were slightly out of of today, they are undeniably impo decline; it may even have collapsed. country's economy and political stat tune), in the allure of their appear tent. They do not raise anybody's In order to protect itself, the govern ure. ance, so uninhibited by the estab "political consciousness;" they do not ment initiates severely Draconian Of course this is a scenario which lished norms of conduct and cleanli earn the admiration of administrators measures against its most convenient requires the lumbering pace of sever ness, in the defiant symbolism of the or professors; they serve only to scapegoat, the South African Black. al generations to achieve its ends, but placement of the tent in which they justify certain lingering stereotypes The student need not imagine the perhaps time is the price of peace. made their stand against those stu which so many adults outside the exact kinds of measures the apartheid The happy results of this scenario, in dents who were, apparently, too University community continue to government would take: they would which the rights of an oppressed morally bankrupt to join their cause hold. For their own good, and of undoubtedly be horrible. Horrible people are achieved without gore or (by blockading the steps to the Grad course only if they are serious about enough to be the catalyst for the racial animosity but through civility uate Library, they proved that study helping intelligent politicians and in debacle which had been successfully and prosperity, will doubtless arrive ing could not possibly be the true tellectuals solve the sad injustice of avoided until the West decided to only gradually. Nevertheless, the stu purpose of education), in all of these South African apartheid, the pro leave South Africa to its own prob dent should ask whether the often images, the observer could only testors who. are so quick to utilize the lems. The hatred erupts, the slaugh unnervingly heavy trend of peaceful wonder at the ghosts present. The intimidating tactics of anti-Vietnam ters ensue, and South Africa becomes change is not preferable to the quick bystander could almost feel the spirit era civil disobedience may wish to a racial holocaust of a magnitude but chaotic and ultimately tragic re of Abbie Hoffman and Tom Hayden find an outlet for communicating which this century has seen much too sult of common violence. returning, like Liberty leading the their position less dependent upon frequently. ~ people of Paris over the decaying the force of the mob and the lioniza Has the covert violence in the Wilfiam Smith is a regular contribu bodies in the painting by Eugene tion of the media. apartheid protests resulted, indirectly lor /0 the ,\.fichigan Review. Delacroix, to lead their charges in a But, in the interest of fairness, or otherwise, in producing a ghastly heartfelt riot against anyone not en perhaps the student should imagine lightened enough to believe their that these protests will have an effect. cause. And when the national news_ if they are repeated enough. With an media appfauded such scenarios as imagination clear of emotional parti the glorious return of the student sanship, the student should reflect on political consciousness of the Heav what divestment might produce if the enly Jerusalem that was Berkeley protestors become the voice which during the 1960's, the solidarity of determines the policies of not only the apartheid pro~ests with their the University of Michigan, but all mentors was made blindingly lucid educational and corporate institu and could only elicit sighs. Yes, this tions in this country. Obviously, an was quite a moment. issue which generates such enormous Picturesque associations aside, attention--and noise--ought to be hQwever, the student ought to ask contemplated, and the student should whether a repetition of last year's follow the scenario which would most colorful "tent-ins" for divestment likely result in a logical conclusion. will be an effective or intelligerrt So let the student imagine the remedy for the social ills of South .,,!f .. ~.It Of~.,§§J.'WSN, In the forceful Africa -- or. indeed, whether divest- '~~e.r}~\~~'-Q~ coldrful protests 1 " -" ' '''' ':~~ :'- ,~::':'<::" ',~.>~ :::":':'.::::." :.::::'::.~:::--' ~':'::;;.':. "~. ;, ;'''';.'< ~ '); '- .• . ,:'::'":,,,,;' .,,, ..-; ..""' ...... -'-""'-' ''''''-,'
page 6 TH E \llClll( j -\N REVI EW S'-'P I,':11 1' c'l I ,)~ ) Twisti gAr ·····"·Star····Wars'·'····or············ • with Ul "Earth Wars?" For the ... ccond q~ur in n row. Go\'. James Blandlard ha . blackmailed the Uni;cr<\i ty of Michigan into freezi ng in-s t at~ tui tion. /\s studellls. \\ e arc ohviousl) int erested in capping skyrocketing SPECIAL FEATURE tuiti on co'>t ... hu t nm in this way. Last year. despite a 7% increase in out- ol:'!)l<.Itc ra tes. the University incurred a $1.4 million deficit. While by LI. Gen. Daniel O. Graham small compared to the total operating budget of the Uni\l'rsi ty. v.l' mu st bea r in mi nd the adage. "A million here. a mill io n there. prelly On March 23. 1983 the president Perhaps more important is the fact soo n it adds lip to rcal money .. ' called on the U.S. technical commu that those who argue \'oiciferollsly Mi chiga n's, universi ti es deserve more than arm-twisting fl'b m nity to come up with the means to against "Star Wars" find themsehcs Govern or Bl anchard. Freezing tui tion is a good idea. if coupled wi th destroy long range nuclear missiles in arguing for " Earth Wars." True. they major programs to find alternate sources of fund ing. Wit hou t such an flight. He didn't even use the word (as VoL' 1I as those who argue in favor or effort. Gove rn or Blanchard's in -state tuitio n frce7l's will become just "space." Nonetheless. the press im space-born defenses) are against ha\, another electio n plo) . A pl oy leaving hi m looki ng good at the at the mediately dubbed the President's ing any war at alL especially a nuclear long-term ex pense of atade mic exce llence. and fina ncial solvency. initiative "Star Wars," Some one. But the opposition is arguing Plans are in motio n again th is yea r to raise out-of-state tui tio n by newsmen were merely being clever. (I that the threat of war on Earth IS 7- 10%. Todav. ou t-of-state tui ti on runs three times that of in -state. know one of the first newsmen to use preferable to the threat of war in Thi s dispari ty tllrl'utcns to hit U of Michi ga n where it hurts most- the the term who was all for the idea outer spare, They seem to prefer a pocketbook. As state fu nding wa ned in rece nt years. from 60% of the publicalya year before the President.) war that starts with nuclear missiles 's hudget in 1975 to 47.5% in 1983. the Uni versi ty has begun Others were deliberately trivializing. raining down on Earth to one that accepting more and more out-of-state students. At three times the After all. it was Ronald Reagan who starts with an atte mpt to break tuition. why not? These out-of-state can he ex pected to co ntinue as a broached the idea. and that to them through defenses 300 miles out in major so urce of in tome in th e coming years, if the pri ce is right. was reason enough to mock it. space And they definitely prefer to During th e latter half of the 1980's, co llege entries will drop. and For good or ill, the term "Star try to pre\Cnt such a war by perfect un iversities will begi n light ing for a diminishing suppl y of freshmen. Wars' has stuck. Occasionally, the ing "Earth Wars," They wish to con The skewed tu iti on schemes. while profit able now. will cost dearl J President's challenge to U.S. technol tinue reliance on each side's being then. ogy is referred to by its official name: able. at any moment, to blow up the The State and Universit y need to undertake a major program to Strategic Defense Initiative: more other side's half of the world. revamp college fundi ng, one th at pays more attention to the numbers. often as High Frontie!' defcllses after Some "Earth Wars" spokesmen are and k~ ... attention \0 the cameras. ~ the original study that gave rise to the beginning to feel uncomfortable concept. Proponents have tried hard \oicing utter opposition to the Presi ':\' ' l~:';:'::' :~~ ;t-·.' ':{(F 'elitriiriate "theteri'n ' ''Sta:r ' Wars" dent's views. They are finding it because it conjures up science-fiction tough to argue thilt the country is battles in outer space and obscures oetter off being totally defenseless Revise Antiquate the fact that defenses in space are not Some now take the positIon that warlike: you couldn't kill anyone with "Star Wars" is okay if. and only if. defensive systems. Hardly a day goes the Prl'sident and his men will shut by at the offices of Project High up about defending people. Defend Policy Frontier without another suggested II1g nuclear weapons is fine, because name for the concept -- "Starshield." that Just enhances the chances for The Re ... earch Policy Committee and interim Vice Preside nt for "Starpeace," "Astroshield," etc. But successful "Earth Wars" retaliation Graduat\.' Stu dies and Research Alfred S. Su'>s man. rejected Professor as far as the press is concerned, it with nuclear weapons, A "Star Wars" R a~ mond '1a nter's resea rch proposal to look at how inform al remains "Star Wars_" defense of people, on the other hand. agrce ml'tlts ca n be u ~e fu l in arm s lim itatio n. Wh y? Beca Li se Tanter's For obvious reasons. opponents of would destroy the whole Mutual As proposal didn't fi t iOl o the 13 year old Uni"ersity poli cy on Classifi ed strategic defenses are the most ada sured Destruction (MAD) theon' Research. It seem'> that although all a r~ agreed that Professor Tanter's mant about using the "Star Wars" which is central to "Earth Wars" proposal: "Clearly shov. s long-term be nefit s and promise. and could appellation. But they have been a bit thinking, gr~a tl ~ enhance movements toward peace:" th e research. sponsored by disappointed to find that the impact The trouble is. you can't just de the U.S. Arms Co ntrol and Disa rm ament Age ncy, wo uld ha\'e utililed is not as negative as they might wish. fi.'nd weapons with the High Frontier class ifi ed documcnt c; and thus might not have bee n full y pu blished. Especially among younger people space-borne systems. You must do W c agree with Rege nts Baker and Roach, who recentl y proposed (and the young at heart). "Star Wars" your best to destroy every missile rC\'ising th e Classifi ed Research Poli cy. Roach noted: " I sy mpathize is positive. headed your way. If the missile is with the Uni versit y community'S need fo r the freedom to publish. But aimed at peopit'. "Star Wars" will that's an ideal and maybe it's not possible in the rea l wo rld ." Alread y save people, As things stand now, any the one )ear publ icati ons deadline is bei ng violated by negotiations Soviet missile aimed at your neigh with drug companies. In these agreements secrecy is pledged unti l the borhood will get there since nothing ubseq uent patents are iss ued. will stop it. If High Frontier were in V.P. Alfred SLls'I man tried unsuccessfull y \0 negotiate changes in the place. the chances are very remote research co ntract '.vith AC DA. to all ow re tention of the project. Only that any missile aimed al you would the prohlem v. us n'l wi th ACDA. it was here at the U. The Research slIccede in reaching its target. Don't guideline') are hal.) enough to let the Research Policy Commi tt ee let the "Earth Wars" proponents tell decide one way or th e oth er. Under ex isti ng guidelines Tanter's work you either that you shouldn't be could ha\'e hee n all owed . When will wc stop dri ving away good defended or that "Star Wars" won't research projects and fac ult} because of personal and partisa n ri valry? derend yOll, I\ n ~ number of oth er un ive rsi ti es could wa lk right in and offer Tanter Take your choict'. If you don't like ca ne blanche to do hi !> resea rch. Clearl y, th e Uni ve rsit y wi ll ha\ c lost "Star Wars." how about "Earth Wars')" a most vi tal reso urce. It is high tim e for another look at the Classifi ed ~ Resea rch Policy. The war i~ ovc r. th e research projects on the age nda TT(7( ,l i (Oi :Jl)all/('TZT - T/i , ;;liaIJI~·---C:)-:~ i' l o da ~ arc peul'efu l. Arms con tro l resea rch shoul d enjo) wide c; upport on cu m pu~ . not lx' ha n ned h) an impr('cisc and archaic Classified (I'cl) , i.1 fi JI/lid('/' a lid dil'cc/OJ' of' H igll RC'>l.'arch Pol it) . ~ FrOIlI/er. lIigh Front!cr IS a I/UIl-f)I'Of/t CdIlCO liIJ IIOI/i)lllldatioll. ~~~~'~""~d~-0f(',;1:"""'~>"'I¥':l4ll"'iWi"%\"'W.~.''«''I;'~","''''"~'''
··"Io···PiifsSeptember. 1085 .. iii···of···················ltl"eiiliiig···wiih····fiie······· page 1Hf ~11( Hlc,\N RFVH\\ .... Flight ITerrorist Dilemma by Charles D. Lipsig b) Da\id Klocek Sometimes, one has to be amused glcy's assistant. Charles Manly, The problem of terrorism, espe howC\cr. of the struggle against ter by certain historical events. People climbed into the machine for its cially the Middle East variety, has rorism as a "war on terrorism." and who are experts, and some who are maiden voyage. The plane was to be grown worse in recent years. as TWA the terrorists think of it themselves as not. make predictions with great cer- catapulted from a boat on the Poto- flight 847 recently demonstrated. The being at war with the U.S. (as they tainty, based on selective evidence, mac Ri'er. into the air. where it reason for the growth of this interna do). then it seems only reasonable guided, in some cases by their preju- would fly. Instead, the plane was tional cancer is very clear: terrorism that the U.S. government should be dices. When the irrefutable evidence catapulted into the river where Manly achieves its objectiws. In Lebanon, able to exercise some form of cen comes in that they are wrong, there is and the machine were fishe~uL just as in Iran, the terrorists won: sorship o\er the media in these cases. little they can do but blush. The newspapers were jubilant. The They challenged the greatest power in as it did during World War II. It is Take, for example, the develop- "truth" that they saw had been prov- the world, and made it appear impo pleasantly surprising to see a number ment of the first airplane. Many en: man could not fly. The JJ 'ashillg- tent. Rescue operations became in of commentators come 'to this same eminent scientists considered the (Oil Pos{, which had nicknamed the feasible in both cases after the hos conclusion. although there do not possibility of such a machine tech- airplane "The Buzzard," cried: "The tages were scattered to a number of appear to be an) mows at present to nologically impossible. Some ev'en experiment resulted in a total and separate locations. The media assist adopt such a polICy. considered it scientifically impossi- admitted failure ... It was demon- ed the terrorists both times by caus One method of dealing with a ble. In 1901. Professor Simon New- strated that the 'flying-machine' ... ing the news to be dominated by the terrorist incident could perhaps in comb was asked by .\fcC/lire's ;\fag- was incapable of flight as a dancing- incidents. magnifying their impor \ol\e the selective assasination of the a::illc to write an article entitled "Is pavillion floor." tance (and hence magnifying the vic leaders of groups involved in terror the Airplane Coming?". Newcomb Langley's final failure came on tory of the terrorists and the dilemma ism. There is nothing unethical about was an astronomer and mathemati- December 8, 1903. when the airplane of the U.S. gowrnment). In both killing people who so egregariously cian, considered to be the most once again plunged into the Potomac. cases. the terrorists achieved sub attack the U.S. and violate interna honored scientist of his time. His An outcry occured over the money stantiw concessions. Their greatest tional law. Our anti-CIA left-wingers calculations of planetary motion are that the government had "wasted" on victory, however, was their ability to should not trot out old slogans about still accepted among scientists today. a "hopeless" invention. violate the most basic norms of in the immorality of the U.S. engaging The article appeared in the Sep- Ironically. it is now believed that it ternational law and order without in such activities abroad. Which is tember.l901 issue. Newcomb tried to was not Langley's airplane that was at being punished. more immoral: abnegation of our remain objective, writing "Ifl should fault but the launching system. Lan- What can the U.S. do about this right to self-protection. thus allowing ,m~\Ver no. Isho.uld ... :Qe .!:it oJ'l~e ... gl~y) .misHd~.ew~$ .his ~Jief.tbat.an problem? Clearly, .0o¢:oLthefirst murderers and thugs to operate freely charged with setting limits to the airplane could not take off under its steps to be taken is to restrain the and to continue (heir attacks agamsl power of invention, and have held own power. However. if Langley had media attention given to terrorist LIS or other nations: or the killing of before my eyes, .. more than one tried that method, the plane would incidents. This attention only helps the leaders of those thugs, perhaps philosopher who has declared things have probably flown. the terrorists. It makes them appear. illegally, but certainly justly? Which impossible which were afterward In any case, only nine days after to themselves and to the world, as is the greater violation of law: terror brought to pass." However, New- Langley's final failure, Wilbur and victors. There they are, a small group ism, or the punishment of terrorists'> comb was unable to keep an open On'ille Wright flew their airplane of gunmen. issuing threats and ulti Of course. engaging in such a policy mind. stating sarcastically, "The first four times at Kitty Hawk, North mata to a superpower. ihere they are, would require us to improve our successful flyer will be the handiwork Carolina. This event was ignored by on the front pages of the major intelligence capabilities in the Middle of a watchmaker and will carry noth- the press. partially due to their belief newspapers of the world. taking up East: it would probably also require ing heavier than an insect." Finally, that man could not fly. It was not perhaps two-thirds of the evening changes in the regulations and laws Newcomb showed what he com- until 1908, when the news had spread newscasts. The tremendous amount that govern the CIA. A f{)rl11 of pletel)' believed: "I have shown that and many people had seen the Wright of attention given to the terrorists congressional oversight that would the construction of an aerial vehicle Brothers fly, that their success was forces the U.S. gowrnment to put all nol lead to the inevitable "leaks" each which would carry even a single man widely accepted. Now the irrefutable other issues on the "back burner" and time an assasination would be carried ... requires the discovery of some evidence was in: man cOllld fly. devote all its attention to resolving out. would also have to be adopted. new metal or some new force." So what does this have to do with the crisis. Whatever policy is followed in a Newcomb's beliefs were held by anything in the 1980's? Consider the .\ terrorist incident should not given terrorist incident. it is essential many, including the Engineer-in- following quotes, referring to the haw such power to control the U.S. that the U.S. government not negoti Chief of the Navy, who wrote, "A Strategic Defense Initiative program: political agenda. Strange as it might ate, either officially or through the calm survey ... leads the engineer to "The computer would require 10 ~ound to the average American. the media, with the terrorists. Unofficial. pronounce all confident prophecies at million lines of error-free code. I safe return of hostages is not. nor .. beh i nd-the-scenes" d i scu ssion s this time for future success (of the don't know anyone who knows that should it be. the paramount concern should not be absolutely ruled out: flyingmachine) as wholly unwarrant- that is possible," says Richard Gar- of the U.S. government when con howewr, the demands of the terror ed if not absurd." win, a top scientist at IBM and a fronted with an act of terrorism. It ists should never be agreed to. Doing However. there are always those member of The Union of Concerned should be possible for the U.S. gov so would only encourage more ter who are willing to try what others Scientists." 'Star Wars' is going to ernment to go about its business and rorism. The usc of ;l1ilitary force, term as impossible. One was Profes- fail and ... I'm willing to stake my to ignore the terrorists, after warning even if rescue operations are infeasi sor Samuel P. Langley. then Secretary professional reputation on this." said them that the U.S. reserves the right ble, as a means of retaliation or of the Smithsonian Institution. In David Parnas, a professor of Com- to defend its citi'zens and property by coercion against hijackers, should 1896, Langley had built and twice puter Science at the U ni versity of force if necessary. Perhaps a rescue certainly not be dismissed, Again the flovin a twenty-six pound model of an Victoria in Victoria, British Col- mission would be infeasable: perhaps lives of hostages ought not be the airplane, equipped with a steam en- umbia, and a former consultant to U.S. policy makers would have no supreme concern. If force is used gine. With this accomplishment, the the Strategic Defense Initiative Of- other reasonable option than to wait Department of War gave Langley a [ice. the terrorists" out. They should be ~l'C page 9 $50,000 grant to develop a flying- allowed to exercise this option, and see page II machine capable of carrying a man. not be forced by overwhelming media Dalld .\1. A./ued, Ie) (.J .1/US1C/':' deXlcc It was seven years before Langley attention to either use military means calldidale ill lite ('CII{C/, for Russiall was able to get an internal- combus or capitulate. and Eas! 1:'111'0/)(,011 Stlldies ar {he tion engine light and powerful e ('har/es D. Liplig is a ./lIlIior major Defenders of the media need not Cllil'cnJtl' of,\/iciJigall. He is a grad nough for his airplane. On October 7, illg /I/I{a{is{ics ami a staff' \\,,.it(',. for take fright: no one wants to abolish Itale of the (ieorgcl()\1'I/ l. 'nil'('rsil,r 1903. at Wildwater. Virginia, Lan- (he .\lich/gall Rene\\' the first amendment. If we think, ,')'cilcwl of Foreigll Scrl'/c(', ~~~~'J~~~><:"'I,"''<><.,..~"""-",,.),
•••• .P.~~ .8..• ]J:IJ~ .1y!I.<:l!tQAN J3.f.'YIJ;:W••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••• ••·•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••··••••••••••·•••• ••••• ••••••••• ~!-'P.tr!'tlt'!-'r. .lY.&~ ..•.• Interview: Bill Lucas The questions for this interview trolled by special interests that it the tax would last so long, and that citizens need to know that elected were prepared by the editors and staff cannot effectively enact its own plat- the Blanchard administration would officials are doing everything in their of The Michigan Review. form. increase state spending substantially. power to make our communities REVIEW: Do we live in an op- I now view the Republican Party as I believe that in times of economic more safe and secure. portunity society? How does your the Party of the future--a Party much crisis. the citizens prefer to see gov R/;TIEW How do you assess attitude relate to your own personal more tolerant of new ideas, creative ernment scale down to save money. Michigan's business climate? How experiences? Based on your personal concepts, and different points of rather than increase taxes to raise can it be improved') Is it important to experiences, how should we build an view, and of course new members. I money. lure big plants to the state, to dis opportunity society? have maintained a relatively consis- REVIEW: Does your attitude to courage plants from leaving the state, LUCAS: I definitely believe we live tent philosophy throughout my ca- ward Atlirmative Action differ from or to encourage small business in an opportunity society. While the reer. I am fiscally conservative and the ideas of the Reagan Administra formation and expansion'? road may be difficult for those with sensitive to human needs. tion? If so, how'? LL'C4S: Let me begin by saying limited resources and a lack of I feel welcome in the Republican LUCAS: I believe that my attitude that I see tremendous potential in education, there are opportunities for Party. I am not interested in repre- toward Atlirmative Action is quite Michigan. There is a considerable anyone who can manage the stamina senting a party unduly under the similar to President Reagan's. The amount of land suitable for industrial to overcome discouragement. influence of special interests. There- President believes that every indi development, plenty of fresh water. I was raised in one of the poorest, fore, the party switch seems quite viduaL regardless of his race, color, or an adequate power supply, a skilled most depressed areas in the nation-- natural to ~. creed, should have an equal oppor and willing workforce, an excellent Harlem. Yet, with the encouragement REVIEW: You have played a tunity at everything America has to network of roads, raiL ports, airports. of my family. and other helpful major role in saving Wayne County. offer. We also both disagree with the and shipping. We are also centrally adults, I was able to receive a solid However. Governor Blanchard blanket use of racial quotas to redress located. Many people don't realize education. I kept my eyes open for claims that he saved the county. How past discrimination in hiring. that over half of the Nation's popu· opportunities. and if they passed by, I much credit does Blanchard deserve? The only area of disagreement re lation is within the range of an over never allowed myself to become too LUC4S: Until I took office, and gards police and fire departments. In night truck-haul from Detroit. discouraged to try for the next one. ordered Wayne County financially these instances, racial quotas can be The negati yes arc: taxes are too Temptation to embrace the easy analyzed by professionals, nobody appropriate. These are sensitive hIgh. th(' recent. so-called Worker's solution--the quick fix--is tremendous had any idea of how bad the problem areas. Police and fire fighters interact Compensation Reform did not go in poor neighborhoods. The most actually was. with the community in emergency nearly flu enough to make busi outwardly visible symbols of success, The severity of the financial mess and crisis situations, and I believe the l1('ssrnen fed comfortable about flashy cars and stylish clothes, gener- was obscured by unconventional make-up of these forces should reflect locating in Michigan, and one report ally belong to those engaged in illegal bookkeeping methods, but the bot- the racial composition of the com I have read lists Michigan as the activities--prostitution, drugs, num- tom line was that public officials in munity as closely as possible. worst State in which to do business. ben;, welfare fraud, etc. Wayne County were spending mas- REnEW: Do you support prison $400 million projects like Mazda .. ··.'~lji:"·:II\;~'~~n,\~·who·Bt1.)ws.c".U:p,in:··tJti$ ,,; ..... ~ivei'rn~~nt~Qt::.~Qne)".:,tbat.4i4n't e~pansionand :constru~tion'l are extremely important, but the envi;'omne~t musthave the vision to . . exist. As we'~an t~ unt~~:!i1e these U}CAS: Yes, consistently. In Oc mom and pop businesses have just as see beyond the neighborhood-beyond problems, we concentrated on the tober of 1984, I commissioned a much priority. Nationwide, small welfare--to see the big picture, and most serious debts first. A disparity group and charged this committee to businesses hire and employ far more aim for those opportunities which arose between the county and the study the problems of recidivism and people than the multi-national cor will grant meaningful achievement in state as to how much was actually the multiple offender, including the porations. Therefore. our business the long-run. Welfare is essential for owed to Michigan. amount of prison space needed to assistance programs concentrate on people who have no other means of To his credit, Governor Blanchard remove repeat offenders from the both large and small employers. surviving; but those who have gone appointed very knowledgeable and community for the entire lengths of I believe that once Michigan gets from public assistance to a real job diligent staff members to these ses- their sentences. They also studied the better control of the crime problem, are amazed at the improvement in sions. Now. many months later, I am regional economic impact of crime, once urban counties can receive a the quality of their life and self-es- hearing this excercise referred to as a and the economic implications of more fair share of transportation teem. "bailout." This was no bailout. This prison location. dollars, once the positive impact of An opportunity society must be was a hammered-out, negotiated set- After analyzing the data generated, diversification is realized, and once built on the principle of fairness. tlement. - we called for the construction of we become more flexible and creative Institutions which discriminate Beyond that, I cannot imagine 4,000 additional state prison spaces. in accomodating the business com against people on the basis of their what the Governor might be referring In addition to a greatly improved munity, you will begin to see Michi age, sex, religion, or any other factor to in "saving Wayne County." The quality of life, and a fresh sense of gan, once again, flourish economical have no place in a land called Governor was not here to help us security for our citizens, building new ly. America. Opportunity to achieve is with the hard choices--when we plac- prisons makes economic sense for REJ7IEW: During your tenure as not something that can be handed ed our employees on four-day work Michigan; and that's why I have been Wayne County Executive, you over- ! out, or given away. It must be earned weeks. He did not design the pro- lobbying so diligently for action. Our saw the sale of Wayne County Gen- through hard work, and in a· demo- grams which streamlined and con- cratic society, it must be available to solidated our departments. He didn't all. negotiate the lease of the Hospital or COMPLETE AREA CODE 313 REVIEW: You are one of a grow- ieorganize our pension system to cut ATHLETIC OUTFITTERS 668-6915 ing number of Democrats switching costs in half. Those w~re all things we to the Republican Party. Did you did independently in Wayne County. leave the Party or did the Party leave REVIEH': In 1983, you endorsed you? . Governor Blanchard's tax hike. You LUCAS: I have heard Jeane Kirk- have recently been critical of his ?lttte SfuPzt S~ patrick make that statement. and I taxing and spending policies. What found myself relating to those words. has caused you to change your mind? E.J. "BUD" VAN DE WEGE, Pres. I continue to have a great deal of LUCAS: The tax hike was too admiration and respect for many of much, for too long. At the time a HANKY VAN DE WEGE, V.P. the principles espoused by the Dem- moderate tax increase was proposed, ocratic Party. Many of my good I, along with many other Democratic friends and trusted allies are Demo- and Republican leaders, recognized 71 1 NORTH UNIVERSITY MICHIGAN WEAR crats. the State's financial problems and ANN ARBOR, MI es Champion Sweats The problem with the Party is that vie-wed 't,fle pl~n.as a r S4tj lI).~fl~l!fe. , ' 1 \ ,~ , .. ',ilt' has now become so .stdetly' c?~- ;:,_V:e certainly did notl ant\cip,aft' .tll~t '".l 1 l.{' I \ , .. r~' ..'. . , t Jl .. • ""--.~.'''''''--'~.~''''''''''''''''''''\o'"''''''''''1\-,¥-.,I*''''''''''''''~~ _1Iwl '_",'!Un "PiWI."""."",=~_~"",,,,,,,~,,,,,,,,,,,"<,,,'tli-\l'!t'S>;.>;~,,_,,-;;-, _ _ ~~~,, ~ , ~~ ,;~': __'<
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s a continued from page 7 by Gerald Weis The Cast destroys the competition. How'? You sJOn they plan to increase production against terrorists, or their training James Bond Roger Moore ask. Simple: Just flood the San An of 64k and 264k chips from 17 mil- camps, bases, etc .. some greater pun- May Day Grace Jones dreas fault with enough water (several lion to 30 million a month. The ishment should be reserved and Max Zorin Christopher Walken lakefulls) and set off a small muni intent is to steal away the mass threatened if the terrorists harm their Stacey Sutton Tanya Roberts tions factory in an old mine. Presto production business that funds much hostages. Tibett Patrick Macnee chango, no more Silicon Valley. The of chip development costs. As we go Perhaps it is useless to even con- Scarpine Patrick Bauchau gra.phics are wonderful. In the inter~ to press, dumping charges are being sider this question, however. It seems Chuck Lee David Yip ests of detente, afterall "Where would filed against the Japanese. It seems that the US go\'ernmcllt and politl- we get our technology from?". the that they are selling 64k memory cal leaders do not have the will to Just when you thought that Bond Russians cooperate with Bond one chips, that cost $.60 to $.75 to pro- come up with a coherent and serious was finished, there are afterall no more time. They aren't happy with duce in Japan, for $)5 in the United strategy je)f the next terrorist inci- more Fleming books, the perennial their prodigy, "No one quits the States. The result? Already INTEL dent, which is sure to happen all too box office draw and ladies man is KGB.", so they put forth an inept has announced that it has lost the soon again. The U.S. government back. Of course he is back you say, attempt to kill Zorin. In the end Bond mass produced market and will con- should not just hope that increased after all America is back and we know gets both his man and girl, in this centrate on specialty chips. The battle security alone will prevent future who the real villians are. Right? Well case Tanya Roberts. That in no way lines are drawn. Will the U.S. chip terrorist incidents. There are always yes and no. In the stock James Bond gives away anything you did not manufacterers survive their plight? It ways to circumvent even the best mega buck opening scene, it seems already know, this is afterall a Bond is too soon to tell, but they sure could security measures. Rather, plans the Russians are the enemy. The film film. use Bond on their side. should be d~awn up and options opens on a remake of the "Bond Despite the wild vision of Silicon Clearly. one can't judge reality prepared in case security measures escapes troops with machine guns by Valley sinking into the ocean,there from the state of Bond movies. Yet fail. The capabilities to implement skiing down a mountain" scene, with may be a deeper reality lying just the fight for first place in the fast those plans should be developed. The Russian troops inserted in place of below the surface. As the world moving electronics market may par- terrorists should not be allowed to some evil neutral army. This new moves into the next stage of ad allel fiction. Like the film, the humiliate the U.S. again. They have realism, sometimes described as the vanced mrcrochip development, Sili 'villians' will not be Russians, rather declared war upon us; we should at New Cold War realism, ends there. con Valley becomes weaker and the Japanese, and the flooding of least try to deny them the fruits of The spirit of detente lives, at least in weaker. Traditionally new products Silicon Valley will be symbolic. victory. ~ the movies, and the focus quickly and innovation come from' small Real or not, the latest in a see- changes to just such an evil neutral companies created by dissatified en mingly unending series of Bond t1lms Lette rs enemy in the personna of Max Zorin. gineers and executives who leave the (Is there Bond after Sean and Roger?) Zorin, a psychopathic wonderkid and stilted big companies. These small offers an entertaining diversion in continued from page 3 former KGB agent, seems to have it high tech firms are usually funded out true Bond form. Christopher Walken StC\C Angelotti responds: I r I Miss Jones i., correct in pointing out that all. A country estate that would make of the pockets of their employees. pays. a very be. levab e psychopath, man) liberal;;, and conservatives ignore the Gorbachev blink, a stable of race According to Business Week, by devlhshly laughmg as he pours ma- underl) 1ng probkms that cause thiS nation's horses, cars, women, a blimp, money, 1990, the cost of a plant to turn out chine gun fire onto his people. Roger high abortIOn ratl'. I support fundmg birth power, the whole ball of wax. Yet, as leading edge chips may double to Moore shows he still has it. Perhaps control and birth costs for the indigent I feall) with all Bond villians, he wants more. $200 million. At the same time, the the most interesting twist in A VIEW don't care If these arc "liberal" or "SOCialist" TO A KILL' h dd" f G' solutions. These wealthy villians are central to expense in designing a new chip, now IS tea !ttOn a . race Jones' endorsement of Soviet policy. how- retaining the fiction that anyone about $5 million, could rise to $50 or Jones. Jones makes a very formidable ('vet. is abhorrent. Nobody could serlouslv other than the Soviet Union or its $100 million. The increasing costs, enemy. Ian Fleming had difficulty ,uggest that the Soviets have created th~~ client states can put up forces that largely due to the robotics required in with female characters. Now that the scenario she describes. The average Soviet offer a military threat to the free sub-micron chip production, will films haverhoved beyond the books woman has 6 abortions III her hfcome. Chil- '. , dren who do no! lurn out "well adjusted" are world. Zorin wants more, in particu likely force small companies out of one can loo~ forwar~ to more devel- thrown into the Gulag or the insane asylums. lar, control of the world by control the running for leading edge technol oped female roles m future films. Children whose parents are not Party members ling the supply of microchips. ogy. Yes, according to the tag at the end of or are cOllsidered troublemakers (Jewish re- How does one control the world's The deep pocketed Japanese con the credits: BOND WILL RETURN. fuscniks for instance). are denied any oppor- supply of silicon chips? In the movies sortiums are well aware of this. Dur Gerald rVcls IS ASSOCIate PublIsher 0) tunity fo~ higher education. regardless of abili- L(' 'I . R l" IV ;t ty. The Soviet UnIOn IS noshtnmg example. one merely sets, UP a syndi,cate. and ing the. pre5ent Silicon V1!lley reces- t IlC ;vlle llgan e Ie but rather a pathetic mess. ~ page 10 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW Septemher, 1995 ...... '" ...... " ...... Student Leader Colon Cancer: A used to be Killer that can Conservationist be Stopped
by Joe Typho by Karl J, Edelmann Marxist Student Association Gen-" neat courses where they could learn Colon and rectal cancer is the aminations by colonoscopy to detect eral Secretary Eudora Phillips is a everything about one side of every second leading cause of cancer and recurrence very early, woman with a varied background, conceivable issue, They suddenly cancer death in the United States What are the signs of colon caned) Once in Weith, she nmv works long discovered that there \vcre nuclear today,It is also one of the most Quite often they are minimal and hours without pay for her group, weapons and that a nuclear war preventable and potentially curable frequently silent On the right side of Such tireless dedication is rare, Ah, would probably end their dreams of forms of cancer that medicine deals the rolon, signs arc often unexplained but let her tell her own story: that elusive MBA, Most of them \vith, The tests for its presence are weakness or' upset stomach, occult "When I was in high school I was \vorked for McGovern and Hart, be- simple, inexpensive and could save (nol1visible) hluod in the stool. right growing up poor in a rich upper-class cause they both reminded everybody your life, sided pain or a palpahle mass on white suburb, called Weith, Connect- . of th05e neato Sixties, \\here rich kids Physicians have for many years examination by your physician In icut They used to say that they could go to college and spit on the talked about the importance of an the left colon, signs include a change couldn't afford the 'a's for the signs, high school kids who didn't go to annual physical exam for anyone in howel habits, visible hlood ll1 the HA' In Weith I knew that I was college and didn't get an exemption over forty, Part of the reason for this toilet bowl or on your stooL or sIgns different from all the other ehildren--l and got drafted, After alL as Gary exam is to evaluate your general of obstruction, In the rectum, yOll was underprivileged, I didn't have a Hart noted last year (I was with some health and to check very routine, will notice rectal bleeding, a change car, a stereo, an interior escalator, or of my friends and tears filled their inexpensive tests like the stool guiac in your bowd habits, or a feeling of designer contraceptives, What I did eyes), the Sixties generation suffered test and the rectal exam, incomplete evacuation of your have was the undying love of my much more than any other generation Over 40o/b of all colon cancers can bowels, Any of these signs warrant a seven stepsiblings, all of whom took before or since: Vietnam, Watergate, and are picked up by a simple manual visit to ;;our physician, turns raising me and my conscience, I unsUl passed economic growth, a del examination of the rectum by your What can be done if colon cancer is became aware at a very early age that uge of expanding freedoms, Wood physician, What he or she is testing found? It often depends at what stage poverty was caused by the affluence stock vvithout toilets, Reggie bars, for is the presence of poil'ps, small the cancer is found, If your physician of my neighbors and I often marched three cars and only a two-car garage, .tufts of tissue that can indicate a tlnds a single polyp in the rectum, it fr~rn .. "1ys~~ckbehind the McClos- Perrier shortages, and Ringo Starr, tumor farther up inside your colon, is possible to have it removed with '.key·sgarilgS6f~ft6tbenefgbb6tli6od·.~~So ·abUnch .•·Of them wefif'leftist These tests ate finished in less than out major surgery an~ be cured for fertilizer barn (Yes, it's true! Rich and that caused me to revise my own tlve minutes during your routine life, On the other hand, a well ad white people have communal prop thinking, I began to wonder if there physicaL vanced cancer that has invaded other erty! They just pretend that com wasn't something to Anarchism, I Other tests arc recommended on a organs and spread throughout yuur munal property is only for socialists), joined an anarcho-syndicalist com varying basis depending on yOLU' age body is less likely to he curahle, There I would picket for hours, or at mune over in Pinckney, We all gath and physical condition, These tests Colon cancer is graded on a system least until that Nazi M1'. McCloskey ered together and raised natural foods are knO\vn as the sigmoidoscopy and of i\,B,C and D, What this dues is bought me ice cream, using natural fertilizers and natural colonoscopy and each looks at a tell physicians what the cancer has "This repression led me toward herbicides, Nature mixed in salmo- different part of the large bowel. with done and what your surVival outlook radical thought. At tlrst it was just nella virus during our natural milk the colonoscopy looking at the entire would be given a specific diagnosis, Abbie, then I moved on to the processing and half the people died length of the large boweL Who should quotations of the Chairman, the man naturally and the rest were ill and, have these tests') It really depends on St't' page II who made the People's Sit-In Co-op naturally, we had to call it quits, That what your physician feels is appro what it is today-- a place for rich experience really influenced me and priate, but, anyone who has had a white kids to feel guilty, Reading the in 1980 I would have voted for the polyp removed or has had cancer in Karl J Edelmann IS Medical ('orre- Chairman helped me immensely, es Conservationist Party candidate the past should undergo yearly ex- :\!!()!UjCfll fiJI' the RCl'ie",,-_____,._ pecially those times where he put Euell Gibbons (someone said he both a noun and verb into the same should have been the Preservationist sentence, It was through this that I Party candidate, since he was dead), I THE HROTC COWGE learned grammar. Unfortunately, the didn '( vote--my calendar said it was Chairman wrote in Flemish, No year 137 since Marx, thus I didn't wonder why his book never made the realize it was an election year. I fail to $2,000 EXPENSE MONEY AND best-seller list. see why we allow this interference of "By 1976 my transformation was church with state through the use of complete, If I had been eligible to the Christian calendar and the quad ANAVY OFFICER COMMISSION. vote that year (I lost my birth certifi rennial election system, cate on my way to City Hall) (they probably wouldn't have let me in see page II The two-year NROTC Collep Program offers you two years of erpense anyway, given that my hair was money that's worth up to 12.000. plus the challenge of beeoming a Navy Officer with early responsibilities and decision-making authority. symmetrical and thus inappropriate -j-o-s-ep-,c-- -:I'-p-'-h(-)-is-' -a-S~e-f-l/-o-r-it-l-t~he 1 1 I>uring your last two years in college the Navy pays for uniforms. for my town), I would have voted for School of' lVat lira I Resources and NROTC textbooka and aD allowance of SlOO a month for up to 20 months. ,Lyndon LaRouche, who ran on the Buddhist' Studies and is clIrrentlr Upon goraduation and completion of req~ts. you become a U,S, Labor Party ticket, protesting the Afghan genocide at the Navy Officer. with important decision-makin, responsibilities. ul~:a~leftist Call your Navy representative for more information on this LIke Lyndon, I underwent some Soriet Embassl' in [Tlan Bator, MOIl- ch.llenging program. sort of transfor~ation over the next golia, ' ipplicillion Dead/!I1e. Jan. J /, 1986 (all II Jolin Co"!'//o four years, My nch neIghbors went to . -:64-141)8 college and became 'radicalized', Yorth Jlall They began to read Sartre and spent • NAVY GO RESPONSIBILITY FAST. their parents' money on all sorts of omcas -~.-"--"'-~ ,. ,.,
September, 1985 page 11 THE MICHIGAN REViEW ••.•.•.••...... ••.....•...... ~ ...... •.....•...... •...... •...... •...••..•...... ••....••••••...••.•..• Nicaragua Leader Flight continued from page 10
continued from page 4 continued from page 7 "Over the next four years I dis I tanks, 25 armored cars, seven heli The Sandinistas have often declar covered est, although belong to a special sect who don't allow me to It seems that those who are against copters, and three artillery pieces to ed their intention of acquiring com the SOl program for scientific rea at least 340 tanks and armored vehi bat aircraft and the Punta Huete discuss mv faith. We're called the Know-Nothings, . although we do sons may be falling into the same trap " cles and more than 70 long-range airfield has been designed to accom that Professor Newcomb .and Th e howitzers and rocket launchers. In modate them. It is reported that admit Masons. I still hate material ism. I also hate it when poor people Washington Post fell into. As the addition they have a fleet of 30 Nicaraglan jet pilots and mechanics facts are not yet all in, no one can tell helicopters, including six of the have already been trained in East can't afford to participate in student government. I think we should offer whether a system such as SOl will world's fastest, most powerful attack Europe and are currently flying in work. That is what research is for, helicopters, the Mi-24/HINO 0 - the Cuba. Completion of the landing poor people goods, like free cars or People's Sit-In Co-op trading cards, and anyone who is sure that SOl principal attack helicopter of the So strip in the near future, coupled with research is such a waste is in danger viet army. potential Sandinista acquisition of to convince them to join the MSA. Last year I finally did vote and I of finding out that today's WriMt The Nicaraguans have also acquir fighter aircraft will further destabilize Brothers have flown. 18 ed 40 flatbed trucks, designed to carry the region. Nicaragua will be in a wrote in George ¥cGovern. He their T-55 tanks, and six large ferries, prime position to continue to "export seemed to me to be a simple, honest which are ideal for shuttling tanks revolution" unhindered and the So man who understands the Soviets across rivers to fighting zones. This viets will have gained a strong stra and why intelligent leaders like Yuri past year they have received 30 tegic asset. Andropov would try to have the Pope PT-76 light tanks with river crossing It is clear that the Soviet Union killed. Remember when Stalin asked , capability (an added plus considering places a high value on Nicaragua. The 'How many divisions does the Pope Cance have?' ? Well, nobody knows any the fact that long stretches of borders massive investments indicate that conllnued from page 10 with Honduras and Costa Rica are Soviet leaders feel that it is a perfect more. And given the paranoia of the Soviets, you'd have to expect them to rivers). complement to Cuba in their strategy For instance. Stage A has a 90% five Finally, the Sandinistas have been to pressure the U.S. from the Carib be concerned. Vatican City may only cover 700 acres, but you can hide an year surVival rate while Stage D has provided with 1,000 field kitchens, a bean Basin. As for the Sandinistas, just greater than 15% five year SUfVI number of mobile maintenance they have shown all too often that awful lot of troops in there and thus they were probably justified in val for all patients with that stage 0 workshops, and about 75 gas tankers. they are willing to be just another the disease. Staging also tells the These are all classified as require Soviet puppet. The recent "slap in the shooting him. What if the Pope started praying one day and un ph)'slcian whether surgery would be ments for an offensive thrust. Given face" visit that Mr. Oqega "made to valuable for you. leashed his troops? The Soviets .Jheir statements in 1980 of spreading the Soviet Union, just as the Con olon cancer is a killer, but it can 'vV0uldbecaugh t~y $~rprise, ~nfact, ,/' the revolu.ion beyond!.,tileir .bQr4~rs,. , gre$s , y,Pte
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by Steve Angelotti
SOLZHENITSVN: A BIOGRA to say "stop it'" . We ma' observe Marxism is taken seriously is in aca learn about him in an objective PHY, by Michael Scammell. W. W. this lesson every day in Vietnam, demia, where people have yet to face manner, should read Scammell's Norton Co., New York and London, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia, as the up to Solzhenitsyn's rhetorical ques book, Solzhenitsyn's life was the basis 1984. 1051 pages. classic Marxist , methods of control tions:!\lf Marxism is a science then for his novels and thus his story, properly told, is fascinating enough to A while back I was talking to an through "re-education" , genocide, why have all of its predictions been hold readers' attention. Scammell acquaintance, an intelligent person and famine are applied once again wrong? If the implementation of benefitted from a period of coopera and one who is reasonably well-in while no one seems to care. Marxism heralds Utopia then why tion from Solzhenitsyn and gathered formed on both current events and Thus the most important book and does it inevitably lead to mass mur many hitherto unknown and impor history, at least in comparison to author of this century are often der? tant facts about his subject's early life. most U-M students. She expressed an ignored. The re(lction to Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn's controversial status Scammell has sorted through the opinion about the Soviet Union that has not helped his cause either. He in conventional circles is a result of protective smokescreens that Solzhe was based on a rather naive inter has moved from being fashionable in his statements since arriving in the nitsyn had to maintdin while in the pretation of Soviet history, and, with all non- Stalinist circles (including West as an exile in February 1974. In USSR to get at the true story, Nearly a mind toward helping her add to her Khrushchev's) to the center of con several major speeches, specifically everybody associated with Solzhenit limited stor.ehouse of Soviet facts, I troversy. Upon the publication of his speech before the AFL-CIO in syn's public life (his first wife, his first recommended The Gulag Archipela One Day in the Life oj /van Deniso July 1975, his 1978 commencement translator, his friends, his rivals, go, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's de rich in the USSR in 1962 (during the address at Harvard, and his 1983 himself) has written his or her own vastating study of the Soviet Union's brief de-Stalinization period), he was Templeton Prize acceptance speech, memoirs and Scammell has done his I ~ rimes against its own people. "Who characterized in the West as a loyal he has upset many through his crit best to sort through the many, often wrote that?" "Solzhenitsyn." Communist critic of Stalin's excesses. icism of Western society. Aleksandr contradictory accounts. What e A tentative flicker of recognition. Even after his later, more daring Solzhenitsyn is not a "modern" man merges is an objective view of the "Oh. WeH, I' II have to remember to novels came out in the West (they in the mold of his fellow dissident, man (yes, objectivity is possible In read it someti~e .. . What was the n,ever were published in the USSR), Andrei Sakharov. Solzhenitsyn is a journalism) that allows readers to title again?" he was still applauded by the Left- strong believer in sprituality and the draw their own conclusions. I have little doubt that she never the best and the brightest of Lenin's growth that may be achieved through I would recommend the book to read and never will read the book. " useful idiots" were more than wil suffering (Volume 2, Part IV of anyone, because any well-written au But many people who have made the ling to claim him as a compatriot. Gu/ag, "The Ascent" , chronicles this , , effort 10 begin reading' (Ju/aghaven', In December 1973 Ihe first volume belief most ,beautifully). He bas often thoritative biograpJ;ly of such an gotten much farther. It seems diffi cult of The Gulag Archipelago was pu ~ de no unced' t he do-your-own-thing important writer deserves to be read. to explain why-volume I of Gulag is blished in Paris. Gulag chronicled Iife-without-responsibility attitudes I would hesitate in making such a only 600 pages (Gulag is actually a Lenin's greatest inventions: "mass of many in the West. One mayor recommendation for Scammell's 3-volume 2000-page work), not that terror" and the concentration camp, may not agree completely with his book for one reason~-most people unreasonably long. Few would dis and Gulag's author was revealed as critiques (as William F. Buckley have not even bothered to read Sol pute Solzhenitsyn's writing ability an anti-Communist, an anti-Marxist. noted after Newsweek had claimed zhenitsyn, let alone any book about and Gulag is generally considered to It Gidn't take too lon~. for the fash that Solzhenitsyn's "writings glorify him. Volume I of The Gulag Archi be his most outstanding work, with ionable Left to denounce him as a the ·..visdom of the simple peasant and pelago is still available in paperback brilliant usage of characterization, rural reactionary, a Slavophile na the righteousness of the most rural for $1.95. People should force them irony, and just plain storytelling to tionalist, even an anti-Semite communities.": "So did Thomas selves to read it--I admit that it was chronicle the Soviet penal system. (Norman Podhoretz and others have Jefferson's." ). Those who have heard the most difficult read of my life but The problem seems to run a little discussed the latter charge at length in only snippets or have read New York it was also the most rewarding. Peo deeper than length or style--the recent issues of Commentary). It was Times columns whining about Sol ple who speak about the Soviet book's topic and Solzhenitsyn's sense acceptable for Solzhenitsyn to criti zhenitsyn's "reactionary" attitudes Union without having experienced of urgency drive people away. que Stalin, but he should never have should read the speeches themselves. Solzhenitsyn's writings are lost souls Imagine a 2000-page description of criticized the holy trinity of Marx, It's true that most papers and maga speaking of a mythical land that hell, populated with real characters Engels, and Lenin. zines wouldn't touch the texts, find never existed. Solzhenitsyn's greatest who have no way to escape save The interesting aspect of the far ing it easier to simply distort his triumph has been to bring the atroci death. Imagine a system of justice Left's reaction to Solzhenitsyn is that statements, but National Review ties committed in the name of Marx where "the sentence for doing noth he has done more than anyone to printed them. The texts are as near as ism out into the open for all to see. ing at all is 10 years." Imagine the weaken the Sartre-Ied pro-Marxist the local library, in the issues of One shouldn't avert one's eyes to the relentless (but rarely redundant) on school of philosophy in the West. In August 29, 1975, July 7, 1978, and horror--one should read the testimo slaught, 1he stories of hundreds re France, as Le Point editor Georges July 22, 1983. Readers should make ny that the witness has granted us. presenting the millions of victims. Suffert noted, Gulag had "forever their own judgments. Unfortunately, Solzhenitsyn stated in the introduc Imagine an unparalleled intensity. eclipsed the beacon of Communism." the controversy over Solzhenitsyn's tion to Gulag, "I dedicate this to all Then imagine the poor reader in the An unrepentant American radical of philosophical views leads people to those who did not live to tell it. And den, sitting at his desk next to the the Sixties admitted that he knew that avoid his books, even though his may they please forgive me for not MacIntosh, trying 10 absorb what the so-called New Age would never views are not as extreme as some having seen it all nor remembered it Francis Russell called "the greatest arrive when he saw dozens of young believe. These issues should not take all, for not having di vine all of it." leak in history." people around the Cal-Berkeley anything away from his books, whose One hopes that the victims also for give those whose fear of seeing the ~eaders accept horrors most easily Alumni Pool reading Gulag. Solzhe value is conceded by all except some when the story is old and the blow is nitsyn once stated, "in our Eastern Marxists and a few morons. true face of Marxism leads them to delivered subtly and not unabatedly. countries Communism has suffered a " The figure of Solzhenitsyn towers keep their heads in the sand by In Gulag Solzhenitsyn unveiled his complete ideological defeat, it is zero over any attempt to review his life. avoiding the writings of Aleksandr own nation"s Holocaust and the and less than zero. But Western in Past biographies have been incom Solzhenitsyn. ~ painful fact is that not only have tellectuals still look at it with interest plete or inaccurate studies that do not and with empathy." This empath"y is --~------" - -- none of this Holocaust's perpetrators measure up to good biography, let Steve Angelolli is Executive Editor, oj no more and Solzhenitsyn has him ever been placed in the docket, but alone a great author. Michael Scam the Michi~an Review. the savagery continues today. It's self to thank. One man and one book mell's biography of So\zhenitsyn, , ) , 'easiet to Say "never again!" than it is have destroyed an intellectual move however, is out- standing. Those who ment. The only place today where want to understand the man better, to